Third act of this 80th edition of The return And still no victory for training Lidl-Trek ! Indeed, the ultra favorite of the day, the Danish Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) was beaten by the surprising French David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ). Second the day before behind Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), l’Italien Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) this time launched his teammate Pedersen To try to win the stage. A goal that the team led by Luca Guercilena did not fill this Monday, August 25. After the arrival of this third stage, Ciccone expressed himself at the microphone of our colleagues fromEurosport.
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“It's like that, bicycle, sometimes we win, sometimes we lose …”
“I think we did a great team job today”begins the Italian climber. “The main objective was to win the stage with Mads (Pedersen). We had a great race, and it was not easy until the arrival. I tried to launch my sprint from afar to help it. It's like that, the bicycle, sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. With yesterday and today, we are a little disappointed, but this Vuelta is still long, and our form is really good.he says.
Upon arrival, Mads Pedersen apologized to his teammates, and in particular to Ciccone : “I think he doesn't need to apologize (Mads Pedersen, Editor's note). As I said, it's the race. He's a champion, he can win, he can lose. We are there to work, and there are still a lot of steps. We are in great shape, so we just have to seize the next opportunities”concludes Giulio Ciccone.
